Supervising teachers
Supporting and guiding pre-service teachers strengthens our profession and is critical to creating the dynamic and inspirational teachers of tomorrow.
Proficient, highly accomplished and lead teachers have the knowledge, practice and professional engagement needed for high quality effective teaching and are able to share these skills to support pre-service teachers during their professional experience placements.
Why be a supervising teacher?
- Have a positive impact on another person's career
- Share your deep subject content knowledge
- Allow others to benefit from your understanding of how learning happens
- Reflect on your own practice
- Develop interpersonal, leadership and management skills
- Learn from future members of the profession
- Expand professional networks and relationships
- Enjoy personal satisfaction through supporting the development of others
What have previous supervising teachers said?
I find the experience incredibly rewarding and I always come away from the experience having learned about my own teaching practice ... Being part of the training of pre-service teachers is valuable to existing teachers - enabling relfection of practice and collegial discussion with new practitioners.
How do I become a supervising teacher?
To become a supervising teacher, discuss with your supervisor and visit the requirements to become a supervising teacher for more details.